Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...

The Fermi surface, or the highest occupied state in the electronic structure, allows direct determination of the doping level. This picture shows the Fermi surface of the highly overdoped ...

The Fermi Paradox asks the question ... universal constructor with intelligence comparable to the human level… and such a machine combined with present-day rocket technology would make it ...

Photo by Bortzells Esselte, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives. Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) left Italy in 1938 to receive the Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden. He never went back. He and his ...